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Win tickets: Must-see '2001: A Space Odyssey' in 70mm

Give yourself an early Christmas gift and experience Stanley Kubrick's epic film the way it was meant to be seen: on the big screen from a 70 mm print. And you can see it on us if you win a pair of free passes to the Loft Cinema!

"2001: A Space Odyssey" will be shown Sunday afternoon and Tuesday night. From our friends at the Loft:

Experience the sci-fi spectacular 2001: A Space Odyssey in mind-blowing 70mm on The Loft’s big screen!

Tuesday’s screening will feature a special collection of 2001 art and artifacts from the University of Arizona Museum of Art,
including original posters designed by space artist Robert McCall, the
original publicity packet sent out for the film, and a signed letter
from Stanley Kubrick!

“Kubrick’s masterpiece is above all a big screen experience. Seeing 2001 on a big screen in 70mm is one of a handful of obligatory experiences during a film lover’s lifetime.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Three million years ago, a mysterious black monolith appeared out of
nowhere and gave a pack of unruly apes a whole lot of new ideas … and
thus begins Stanley Kubrick’s awe-inspiring sci-fi head trip, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Based on Arthur C. Clark’s story “The Sentinel,” this mind-blowing
meditation on technology and humanity thrillingly hypothesizes mankind’s
evolution from ape to astronaut to celestial being, while scientists
Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) and Frank Poole (Gary Lockwood) do battle with
a snarky artificial intelligence unit named HAL and eventually try to
crack the mystery of those baffling black monoliths. With assistance
from special effects expert Douglas Trumbull, Kubrick spent over two
years meticulously creating the most “realistic” depictions of outer
space ever seen, greatly advancing cinematic technology in service of a
story expressing grave doubts about technology itself. Eschewing
traditional narrative structure and embracing a tone of mythic
transcendence, 2001, provocatively promoted as “the ultimate
trip,” quickly caught on with the late ‘60s counterculture audience open
to a contemplative (i.e. chemically enhanced) viewing experience of a
film carefully designed to take them on an odyssey they would never
forget. Nominated for four Academy Awards and a winner for its landmark
visual effects—the only official Academy recognition Kubrick received in
his career. (Dir. by Stanley Kubrick, 1968, USA/UK, 141 mins., Rated G)

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